Where does “entre” come from?
Enter comes from Middle English entren, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrare, meaning to go inward, derived from the preposition intra meaning within.
entre (English): Archaic spelling of enter
Definitions
- Archaic spelling of enter
Ancestry of “entre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | enter | To go or come into an enclosed or partially... |
| 2 | Middle English | entren | — |
| 3 | Old French | entrer | to enter |
| 4 | Latin | intrō | — |
| 5 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 6 | Latin | interus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |
Words derived from “entre”